Category Archives: Domain

I’m always looking for tools to help my start-up clients and entrepreneurs. I’m certainly not new to doing domain searches and looking up social media handles (i.e. going to Facebook to see if the new desired company name already exists as a Company Facebook fanpage or if someone grabbed the custom URL – facebook.com/companyname).I recently was introduced to HappyName.com, and am QUITE HAPPY about.HappyName.com makes searching easy. It checks for

TRANSFER AWAY FROM REGISTER.COM

For those that need help with transferring their website domain from Register.com to GoDaddy, here’s the link to a how-to page on GoDaddy.com…. conveniently copied here for your convenience.
https://www.godaddy.com/help/transfer-away-from-registercom-8033

Before you can transfer your domain name registered with Register.com to us, you need to prepare your domain name so it will successfully complete the transfer process. You must make sure of the following before you begin:

The domain name has been registered at Register.com for at least 60 days.

The domain name contact information has not been changed within 60 days.

Once you ensure that the domain is eligible for transfer, you must follow the basic steps for preparing a domain for transfer before you can begin the process with us:

Step in the Process

Reason

Disable privacy settings

If your domain has Private Registration, a service that hides your personal information from the public, you will not be able to confirm your admin email address in the Whois database. Contact your current registrar to disable the private registration.

Confirm administrative contact info

As part of the transfer process, GoDaddy emails the Administrative Contact at the address listed in the Whois database. This email contains the Transaction ID, Security Code, and instructions that are used to approve the transfer.

Unlock domain

By default, most domains are locked to prevent unauthorized transfers. Before a transfer is requested, the lock must be removed and the status verified as “Off.”

Obtain authorization code

Get an authorization code (also known as an EPP code or transfer key) from your current registrar.

Disable privacy settings

As with most registries, you will need to contact Register.com directly for assistance removing privacy.

Once you’ve completed these basic steps at Register.com, you’ll need to shift your attention over to GoDaddy to complete the process by purchasing a domain name transfer and authorizing the transfer to us.

Purchase Domain Name Transfer

You must purchase a domain name transfer from our website. We send an email message to the domain name’s administrative contact after you purchase the transfer. The email contains the transfer IDs (transaction ID and security code) you’ll need to authorize the transfer in to your account with us.

NOTE: If the extension you want to transfer is not listed, you cannot transfer the domain name to us.

When you purchase the transfer, select one of the following nameserver options:

Keep the existing nameservers — If you have a hosted website for your domain name (with us or another company), select this option to ensure that your site does not go down during the transfer.

Change … to park nameservers — If you have an email account with us for the domain name, are using our Off-site DNS, or if you’ve created a Premium DNS transfer template prior to the transfer, select this option. For more information, see Managing Domain Names with Off-site DNS and.

Authorize Domain Name Transfer to Us

In the Transaction ID and Security Code fields, enter the transfer IDs we sent to the administrative contact’s (admin) email address, and then click Add.

NOTE: If you did not receive transfer IDs, click Resend Transfer IDs.

Do one of the following:

Select the Basic tab, and then enter the Authorization Code from the current registrar (if applicable) in the field next to your domain name.

Select the Bulk tab, and then enter one domain name and its authorization code per line. Separate each domain name from its authorization code with a comma, space, or tab.

Select I authorize the transfer…, and then click Finish.

Click OK.

NOTE: For most domain name extensions, a transfer between registrars takes five to seven days from the time you authorize it. The process and time required for transfer completion can vary for certain extensions, such as country-code top-level domain names (ccTLDs). For more information, see About ccTLDs (Country-Code Domain Names), and then click the Help article for your extension.

IPHONE EMAIL SET-UP {UPDATED 06/09/18}

We initially set-up this page to help our clients save valuable time and money hiring IT professionals for things that can be self-taught. This page gets a ton of traffic and we realize that many people out there stumble on this still need help.

Below is the latest that GoDaddy provides and is extremely helpful. If you have older devices, feel free to scroll further down to the 2013 version!

If you are a start-up or have an entrepreneurial side-project
on a shoe-string budget and you do need help with things of
this nature, do let us know and we’ll figure out assistancefrom a distance for a small fee. 🙂

iPhone: Set up email

You can set up and use Workspace Email on your Apple mobile devices, including iPhone or iPad.

Before you start, you need to know your POP or IMAP Email Server Settings and ports. To find them, go to the Email Setup Center and write down the information that displays under Email Server Settings, including both the incoming and outgoing server settings.